Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.

Jason Miller

Acting Born April 22, 1939 – Died May 13, 2001 Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.

Known For

The Exorcist

Father Damien Karras

Hellsing

The Exorcist III

Father Damien Karras / Patient X

The Ninth Configuration

Lt. Frankie Reno

Rudy

Coach Ara Parseghian

The Dain Curse

Owen Fitzstephan

The Eternal

The Doctor

A Dog Called... Vengeance

Aristides Ungria

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Self (archive footage)

Light of Day

Benjamin Rasnick

Monsignor

Don Vito Appolini

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Self (archive footage)